New Shocks, Exchange Rates and Equity Prices

By Pietro Cova, Alessandro Rebucci, Akito Matsumoto, Massimiliano Pisani

December 1, 2008

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Pietro Cova, Alessandro Rebucci, Akito Matsumoto, and Massimiliano Pisani. New Shocks, Exchange Rates and Equity Prices, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2008) accessed November 8, 2024

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Summary

We study exchange rate and equity price dynamics, in general equilibrium, in the presence of news shocks about future productivity and monetary policy. We identify a condition under which these asset prices become more volatile without affecting the volatility of the underlying processes-a positive correlation between news and current shocks. This condition also explains why persistent underlying processes generate volatile asset prices. In addition, we show that the correlation between exchange rate and equity returns depends critically on the currency denomination of the equity return and the monetary policy reaction to productivity shocks. The model we set up does well at matching second moments of exchange rate and equity returns for major floating currencies.

Subject: Currencies, Exchange rates, Monetary base, Productivity, Stocks

Keywords: Exchange rate, WP

Publication Details

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36
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Working Paper No. 2008/284
Stock No:

WPIEA2008284
ISBN:

9781451871425
ISSN:

1018-5941

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